SOMETHING in a Sentence

Learn SOMETHING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
365 example sentences for SOMETHING, such as:
1. Mr. Sloane murmured something close to her ear.
2. I forgot to ask you something, and it's important.
3. There's something creepy about the way he looks at me.
4. He may be able to prescribe you something for that cough.
5. They're some people Wolfshiem wanted to do something for.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SOMETHING
something
 ad.  used for emphasis with following adjective functioning as adverb; to some extent;
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  As I fixed my eyes on the child, I saw something glittering on his breast.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  I forgot to ask you something, and it's important.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  "You McKees have something to drink," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  "Well, I'm going to tell you something about my life," he interrupted.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  "And Daisy ought to have something in her life," murmured Jordan to me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  Mr. Sloane murmured something close to her ear.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  They're some people Wolfshiem wanted to do something for.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  "I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  "I've got something to tell you, old sport,----" began Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  And all the time something within her was crying for a decision.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
13  Just before I reached the hedge I remembered something and turned around.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
15  You have something to tell me of Mr. Willoughby, that will open his character farther.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence: (162 in 11 pages)
1  Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
2  When you really look forward to something it's often an anticlimax when it actually happens.
3  He may be able to prescribe you something for that cough.
4  It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
5  Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
6  Don't form an opinion about something based on appearance alone.
7  Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
8  There's something creepy about the way he looks at me.
9  When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of,he always declared that it is his duty.
10  When stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
11  When something sensational happens to us, sharing the happiness of the occasion with friends intensifies our joy.
12  I have tried to convey something of the flavour of the argument.
13  There must be something wrong with my left arm, which is asleep.
14  It's a huge book, not something you'd like to lug around.
15  The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves.